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History of the Counties of Lehigh
and Carbon, in the SAMUEL J. KISTLER. Samuel
J. Kistler, of Saegersville, Lehigh Co., is of German descent. His great-grandfather, George Kistler, was
among a number of Palatinates or Swiss who, during the interval between
1735 and 1745, removed from Samuel
Kistler, the grandfather of Samuel J. Kistler, was born Sept. 20, 1754,
and died April 24, 1822. His first wife,
Mary Elizabeth Ladich, was the mother of three children,—Barbara, Jacob S., and Samuel. Jacob S. Kistler, the father of Samuel J.
Kistler, was born Oct. 5, 1781, and died Oct. 7, 1849.
By his second wife, Catharine Brobst, he had the following
children: John S., Michael, Christian, Daniel S., David, Jesse,
Charles, Levi, Maria Elizabeth, Catharine, Salome, and Jacob
S. Kistler, the oldest son of Samuel Kistler, and the father of the
subject of this sketch, was first married to a daughter of William J.
Carl, whose two sons were John and Jacob. His
second wife was Catharine, and his third wife Anna Barbara, daughters
of Henry Baush. The former had no children. The third wife, Anna Barbara, who was born
June 25, 1790, and died Nov. 19, 1867, had the following-named
children: Nathan, Stephen, David J., Reuben, Jonas J., Charles, Salome,
He
spent his early life with his parents on the farm, and received his
education at the common schools at Lynnville. After
attaining the age of twenty, he moved to Jacksonville, and served as
clerk in the store of John Hermany, who soon afterwards established
another store in Lizard Creek Valley, West Penn township, Schuylkill
Co., which was managed by the now Hon. Z. H. Long, of Lehighton, Pa.,
and at times given in charge of Samuel J. Kistler.
Hon. Daniel H. Creitz was at that time also employed by
Mr. Hermany, and the three, after having completed their work, spent
the time in study. Samuel J. Kistler,
becoming desirous of acquiring further education, left Jacksonville in
the fall of 1841, and, with Henry Rodly (a New York huckster), rode in
a heavy four-horse huckster-wagon to Bound Brook, N. J., no railroad
having at that time been constructed between Easton and Bound Brook,
the latter being the terminus of the railroad. He
attended the academy for one winter, and in the spring of 1842 returned
to In
1848 he was elected justice of the peace, and, with the exception of
several short intervals, has since that date held the office. The intervals occurred during his period of
service in the State Legislature and while under the appointment as
associate judge. During the entire time of
1848, in connection with his business, he was actively employed as
justice of the peace, and served under appointments of the court as
auditor, surveyor, executor, administrator in settling estates, etc. He was also identified with the general
business of the county. In 1854 he was
elected to the office of county auditor, and served as such for the
term of three years. In 1859 he was
elected from Lehigh and His
first Presidential vote was cast for Henry Clay, at Bloomsburg, in 1844. He was frequently elected as a delegate to the
State conventions, and was at the convention held in He
is one of the original directors of the Farmers’ Union Mutual Fire
Insurance Company of He
was married to Matilda Miller, a daughter of the before-mentioned Peter
Miller, in 1849, to whom were born a daughter—Mary Magdalena—and a
son,—Samuel J. Kistler, Jr. He is a
Lutheran, and a member of the Page
285-286 History
of the Counties of Lehigh and Carbon, in the Alfred
Mathews and Austin N. Hungerford J.
B. Lippincott & Co., Transcribed
by Annette Bame Peebles The
Date
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